B-161570, FEB. 15, 1968
Highlights
YOU ARE ADVISED AGAIN (SEE OUR DECISION OF JANUARY 29. HAS DETERMINED THAT ALL OR SUBSTANTIALLY ALL OF THE LIBRARY FURNITURE AND EQUIPMENT PURCHASED BY LAROCHE COLLEGE FROM THE REMINGTON RAND COMPANY IS PROPERLY CLASSIFIED UNDER REGULATIONS CODIFIED AT 45 CFR 170 AS MOVABLE EQUIPMENT. IT IS SUGGESTED AGAIN THAT ANY FURTHER INQUIRIES RESPECTING THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE LAROCHE COLLEGE GRANT PROGRAM BE DIRECTED TO THE COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION.
B-161570, FEB. 15, 1968
BIDS - FEDERAL AID, GRANTS, LOANS, ETC. - FUNDS - FEDERAL REGULATION COMPLIANCE DECISION TO WALKERBILT WOODWORK, INC., REAFFIRMING DECISION OF JAN. 29, 1968, RE CLASSIFICATION OF LIBRARY EQUIPMENT AND FURNITURE AS MOVABLE EQUIPMENT UNDER 45 CFR 170.
TO WALKERBILT WOODWORK, INC.:
IN REPLY TO YOUR TELEGRAM RECEIVED BY OUR OFFICE ON FEBRUARY 7, 1968, YOU ARE ADVISED AGAIN (SEE OUR DECISION OF JANUARY 29, 1968, TO YOU) THAT THE COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE, HAS DETERMINED THAT ALL OR SUBSTANTIALLY ALL OF THE LIBRARY FURNITURE AND EQUIPMENT PURCHASED BY LAROCHE COLLEGE FROM THE REMINGTON RAND COMPANY IS PROPERLY CLASSIFIED UNDER REGULATIONS CODIFIED AT 45 CFR 170 AS MOVABLE EQUIPMENT. AS WE PREVIOUSLY STATED IN OUR DECISION, WE FIND NO BASIS TO DISAGREE WITH THAT DETERMINATION AS A MATTER OF LAW.
SINCE TITLE I OF THE HIGHER EDUCATION FACILITIES ACT OF 1963, 20 U.S.C. 711-721, IMPOSES UPON THE COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR APPROVING GRANTS UNDER THE ACT AND FOR DETERMINING COMPLIANCE WITH THE REGULATIONS PROMULGATED THEREUNDER, IT IS SUGGESTED AGAIN THAT ANY FURTHER INQUIRIES RESPECTING THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE LAROCHE COLLEGE GRANT PROGRAM BE DIRECTED TO THE COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE. IN THIS REGARD, SEE PADUCAH JUNIOR COLLEGE V SECRETARY OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE, 255 F.SUPP. 147 (1966). ..END :